This picture is not how you should eat when you’re on a diet. Menu: Warm Black Olives with Bay Leaves Little Artichokes in Orange Sauce Braised Calamari with Cinnamon, Tomatoes, and White Wine, served with Garlic Bruschetta Escarole Salad with Pecorino Toscana and Shallots Buttermilk Orange-Flower Sorbetto with Limoncello An Italian-American meal has a very [...]
Archive for February, 2008
One Dish at a Time
Posted in Skinny Guinea on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lose Yourself in Caponata
Posted in Skinny Guinea on February 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A real skinny guinea: Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975). Recipe: Caponata with Pears and Almonds You know the classic Italian mamma, huge, aproned, her big arms swinging with fat, hoisting a steaming pasta pot? She’s an Italian-American invention. That woman hardly exists in real Italian life. Look at the classic Italian movies. They always show something [...]
Saltimbocca with Chicory and Capers
Posted in Skinny Guinea on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Veal, prosciutto, and sage, ready to roll. Recipe: Saltimbocca with Chicory and Capers My initial attempt to diet was very lame. Being a complete novice at it, I figured it would be easy. Why, I have no idea, since I’d watched my sister and friends struggle with diets of all sorts for years. I suppose [...]
The Negroni, a Dieter’s Friend
Posted in Skinny Guinea on February 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A negroni warms up a winter afternoon. A big lifestyle change I made when I decided I needed to lose some weight was not drinking wine before dinner. It was a bad habit to begin with, and not very Italian in concept. Wine is made to go with food, and a glass of wine before [...]







